PEEPs bunnies in chocolate eggs

How to make Peeps bunnies in chocolate eggs for Easter. 

Oh, PEEPS. How silly, iconic, sweet, ubiquitous and a little bizarre you are.

I know you arrive at every season, but Easter is really where you shine. Take your spotlight, Peeps. Enjoy it.

Just don’t get too close to the spotlight (those things pack a lot of heat).  And you cuties fit so perfect as Peeps bunnies in chocolate eggs. 

When Michelle from Sugar Swings! Serve Some and Christi of Love From the Oven invited me to join them and fellow bloggers in a Peeps extravaganza, the Spring Hop Along PEEPS Party, the answer was kind of a no-brainer.

Duh. Of course.

We’re talking Peeps here. Be sure to hop along to everyone’s post, and there’s even a PEEPtastic GIVEAWAY!! 

(Scroll to the end of the post for all the links to the PEEPs party and for the GIVEAWAY details.)

I went out and bought a plethora of PEEPS bunnies.

I’ll call these Peeps bunnies in chocolate pudding egg shells.

Seems a mouthful (literally, that’s how you have to eat them), but I can think of no better description. Peeps bunnies in chocolate eggs? Probably better. They are pretty easy to make, too.

how to make Peeps bunnies in chocolate eggs

you will need:*

• Peeps bunnies
• Wilton brownie pop silicone mold
• semi-sweet chocolate chips
• disposable decorating bags
• paint brush
• scissors
• green candy melts
• baking tray
• wax paper
• pudding or mousse
• small spoon
• royal icing flowers (optional)

*Find the brownie mold, disposable decorating bags, paint brush and candy melts at the craft store. I just piped the flowers with leftover royal icing I had, but you can also purchase pre-made flowers at the craft store.

step one: make your chocolate eggs

Place just over half a cup of chocolate chips in a disposable decorating bag.

Melt in the microwave at 60 percent power for 90 seconds. Repeat at 30 second intervals until the chocolate is completely melted.

Snip 1/4-inch from the tip and pipe a dollop of chocolate in a cavity of the brownie mold.

Use the paint brush to brush the chocolate about 3/4 of the way up the sides. I used a good bit of chocolate to minimize breakage.

A half of cup of chips should fill 8 cavities of the mold.

Place in the fridge to harden about two hours. Carefully pop the chocolate eggs out of the mold and store in the fridge.

step two: make your grass

Line a baking tray with wax paper.

Follow the same instructions above to melt green candy melts in a disposable decorating bag.

Snip 1/4-inch from the end, and working with one egg at a time, loosely pipe a blob for grass and set a chocolate egg on top.

Repeat with all the eggs and let set in the fridge to harden.

If desired, add royal icing flowers before the candy melts harden, or pipe them after they harden.

step three: assemble your Peeps in eggs

Place a dollop of pudding or mousse in each egg. Snip the bottom off of a bunny and place in the cup.

 The Spring Hop Along PEEPS Party!!!

Be sure to visit all of the stops on the Hop Along PEEPS party! Here is the crew of talented bloggers knee deep in PEEPS.

And now… THE GIVEAWAY!!!

Our fabulous hosts, Sugar Swings! Serve Some and Love from the Oven, are giving away this PEEPS packed prize package.

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